{"id":228,"date":"2013-04-17T19:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T01:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deanasimmons.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/17\/simple-summer-pasta-salad"},"modified":"2013-04-17T19:38:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T01:38:00","slug":"simple-summer-pasta-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/?p=228","title":{"rendered":"Simple Summer Pasta Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<p>8 oz uncooked bow tie pasta *<br \/>2 large ripe tomatoes, seeded and chopped<br \/>1 pkg (8 oz) fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into 1\/2 inch pieces<br \/>1 can (6 oz) tuna packed in water, drained**<br \/>1\/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh basil leaves<br \/>1 clove garlic, minced<br \/>3\/4 cup Italian salad dress<br \/>black pepper<\/p>\n<p>1. Cook pasta according to package directions: drain.<br \/>2. Combine tomatoes, mozzarella, tuna, basil and garlic in large bowl; toss gently. Add pasta and salad dressing; toss lightly to coat. Season with pepper to taste. Refrigerate before serving.<\/p>\n<p>* Any type of hardy pasta would work. I use rotini or penne<br \/>** If you are not a fan of tuna you can use chicken.&nbsp;You&nbsp;can find it over with the tuna or use leftover chicken from the night before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients: 8 oz uncooked bow tie pasta *2 large ripe tomatoes, seeded and chopped1 pkg (8 oz) fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into 1\/2 inch pieces1&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7yoUc-3G","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}